287.07(7)(b)1.a.
a. “Current service area" means the area served by a solid waste treatment facility under a contract that is in effect on January 1, 1993, and has a term of at least one year.
287.07(7)(b)1.b.
b. “Operating solid waste treatment facility" means a solid waste treatment facility that has an operating permit or license issued under s.
285.60 or
289.31 prior to May 11, 1990, except for a medical waste incinerator, as defined in par.
(c) 1. cr. 287.07(7)(b)2.
2. A prohibition in sub.
(3) or
(4) (b),
(c),
(f),
(g),
(h) or
(i) does not apply to a person who converts into fuel or burns at an operating solid waste treatment facility a type of material identified in one of those paragraphs that was converted into fuel or burned at the operating solid waste treatment facility during April, 1990, and either is generated in the operating solid waste treatment facility's current service area or is generated by the owner of the operating solid waste treatment facility.
287.07(7)(b)3.
3. The prohibitions in subs.
(3) and
(4) do not apply to a person who converts into fuel or burns at an operating solid waste treatment facility any material identified in those subsections if the person converted into fuel or burned the material at the operating solid waste treatment facility during April, 1990, and the material is generated outside of this state.
287.07(7)(bg)
(bg) The prohibitions in subs.
(1m) to
(4) do not apply to a person who burns solid waste at a facility that uses solid waste as a supplemental fuel if less than 30 percent of heat input to the facility is derived from the solid waste burned as supplemental fuel.
287.07(7)(c)1.a.
a. “Clinic" means a place, other than a residence, that is used primarily for the provision of nursing, medical, podiatric, dental, chiropractic, optometric or veterinary care and treatment.
287.07(7)(c)1.c.
c. “Infectious waste" means solid waste that contains pathogens with sufficient virulence and in sufficient quantity that exposure of a susceptible human or animal to the solid waste could cause the human or animal to contract an infectious disease.
287.07(7)(c)1.cg.
cg. “Medical waste" means containers, packages and materials identified under sub.
(4) that contain infectious waste or that are from a treatment area and are mixed with infectious waste.
287.07(7)(c)1.cr.
cr. “Medical waste incinerator" means a solid waste treatment facility that primarily burns infectious waste and other waste that contains or may be mixed with infectious waste.
287.07(7)(c)1.e.
e. “Treatment area" means a room or area in a hospital or clinic the primary use of which is to provide emergency care, diagnosis or radiological treatment; an obstetrics delivery room in a hospital, other than a patient's room; or a room or area in a hospital, clinic or nursing home, identified by the department by rule, in which infectious waste is generated.
287.07(7)(c)2.
2. The prohibitions in subs.
(4) and
(4e) do not apply with respect to any of the following:
287.07(7)(c)2.a.
a. The burning of medical waste in a medical waste incinerator or other incinerator approved by the department to accept and burn medical waste, except as provided in subd.
3. 287.07(7)(c)2.b.
b. The disposal of, in a solid waste disposal facility, or the placing of, in a container the contents of which will be disposed of in a solid waste facility, a container, package or material identified under sub.
(4) that contained infectious waste or that is from a treatment area and is mixed with infectious waste generated in the treatment area, if the container, package or material has been treated, pursuant to standards established under ch.
289, to render the infectious waste noninfectious.
287.07(7)(c)3.
3. A person may not burn medical waste at a medical waste incinerator unless the person complies with s.
285.53 (1), if applicable, and obtains from each generator of the medical waste a copy of the policies under sub.
(8) (a) and the annual assessment under sub.
(8) (b).
287.07(7)(cm)
(cm) The prohibition in sub.
(2) does not apply to the disposal of plants that are classified by the department as invasive species under s.
23.22 (2) or their seeds, if the plants or seeds are not commingled with other yard waste.
287.07(7)(d)
(d) The department may grant, to a responsible unit, an exception to a prohibition in sub.
(3) or
(4) for up to one year for a material identified in sub.
(3) or
(4) in the event of an unexpected emergency condition.
287.07(7)(e)
(e) The department may grant a waiver to the prohibition in sub.
(2) to allow the burning of brush or other clean woody vegetative material that is no greater than 6 inches in diameter at wood burning facilities that are licensed or permitted under chs.
281,
285 and
289 to
299 under conditions established by the department relating to the feasibility of complying with the prohibition in sub.
(2).
287.07(7)(f)
(f) The prohibitions in subs.
(2) to
(4) do not apply to the beneficial reuse of a material within a solid waste disposal facility if the beneficial reuse of the material is approved in the solid waste disposal facility's plan of operation under s.
289.30.
287.07(7)(g)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
2., the department may grant a waiver or conditional waiver to a restriction in sub.
(3) or
(4) if all of the following apply:
287.07(7)(g)1.a.
a. The applicant shows to the satisfaction of the department that the recyclable material has been contaminated and cannot feasibly be cleaned for recycling.
287.07(7)(g)1.b.
b. The department determines that granting the waiver or conditional waiver will not impede progress toward meeting the goals of the state solid waste policy under s.
287.05.
287.07(7)(g)2.
2. The department may not grant a waiver or a conditional waiver under subd.
1. for material that has been intentionally or negligently contaminated.
287.07(7)(h)1.1. The department may grant a waiver or conditional waiver to a restriction under sub.
(4) (c) or
(i) for plastics other than polyethylene terephthalate or high-density polyethylene if the department determines all of the following: